000339644 000__ 01953cam\a2200337\a\4500 000339644 001__ 339644 000339644 005__ 20210513123422.0 000339644 008__ 090909s2010\\\\nyuabf\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000339644 010__ $$a 2009033833 000339644 020__ $$a9781416532163 000339644 020__ $$a1416532161 000339644 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn436310851 000339644 035__ $$a339644 000339644 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dYDXCP$$dC#P$$dUPZ$$dBWX$$dYBM$$dMLY$$dISE 000339644 043__ $$an-us-az$$an-us-nv 000339644 049__ $$aISEA 000339644 05000 $$aTC557.5.H6$$bH55 2010 000339644 08200 $$a627/.820979313$$222 000339644 1001_ $$aHiltzik, Michael A. 000339644 24510 $$aColossus :$$bHoover Dam and the making of the American century /$$cMichael Hiltzik. 000339644 250__ $$a1st Free Press hardcover ed. 000339644 260__ $$aNew York :$$bFree Press,$$cc2010. 000339644 300__ $$a496 p., [16] p. of plates :$$bill., maps ;$$c25 cm. 000339644 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000339644 5050_ $$aIntroduction: September 30, 1935: Roosevelt comes to the river -- 1: The sinful river -- The journey of death -- Born of the desert -- Rockwood's gamble -- The Lord's dame site -- 2: The road to black canyon -- Hoover steps in -- Battlegrounds -- Hurry-up Crowe -- The silver spike -- The big six -- Ragtown -- Rush job -- The Wobblies' last stand -- Ely's kingdom -- 3: The arch -- The jumbos -- Turning points -- The rising -- The pour -- Reckonings -- The crest -- Legacies. 000339644 520__ $$aThe author of "Dealers of Lightning" pens the definitive account of the epic construction of the Hoover Dam, one of the the 20th century's most consequential public works. 000339644 650_0 $$aDams$$zColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)$$xDesign and construction$$xHistory. 000339644 651_0 $$aHoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)$$xHistory. 000339644 85200 $$bgen$$hTC557.5.H6$$iH55$$i2010 000339644 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009033833-b.html 000339644 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009033833-d.html 000339644 85641 $$3Sample text$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009033833-s.html 000339644 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:339644$$pGLOBAL_SET 000339644 980__ $$aBIB 000339644 980__ $$aBOOK